Iraq Claims Raid On Key Oil Targets

March 24, 1986

MANAMA, BAHRAIN — Iraq announced that its warplanes attacked Iran`s vital Kharg Island oil facilities Sunday, setting several targets ablaze. The Iraqi military spokesman in Baghdad said over state-run radio that the raiding jets returned safely to their base. The announcement, monitored in Bahrain, gave no details. Iraq has been attacking Kharg almost daily since last August as part of a two- year-old blockade of the island`s shipping lanes in the northeastern part of the Persian Gulf.